In December 2019,a new installment in the Planet of the Apes franchise, with Wes Ball (known for Maze Runner) slated as the director was confirmed. The movie is scheduled for a theatrical release next year.
Shugo Fujii tackles a familiar story line in his new film “Kingdom of the Apes”: An intrepid journalist investigates a coverup, incurring the wrath of the
reporter: but now an outsider threatens to dethrone him, with surprisingly nonaggressive tactics, kingo fights off the challenger. not all gorillas are cut out to be leaders. and not all gorillas are ever going to achieve that. and so there is a vying for this position. but very few gorillas get to be silverbacks. reporter: dan abrams, abc news, new york. fascinating. our thanks to abc s dan abrams there. and we d also like to remind you that kingdom of the apes airs next thursday, july 24th, on nat geo wild. there s so much fascination with humans and apes and their interaction. of course this movie franchise doing bonkers at the box office. could apes take over the planet? well, i hate to rain on the parade, but scientists say not really. don t rain on your own parade. well, you know. i do lead a secret life outside of here.
people are fascinated because of how much they remind us of ourselves. they re magical creatures, highly intelligent, highly social, and there s something very fascinating and very mysterious about them that makes them, i think, alluring to all of us. reporter: national geographic spent several years deep in the jungles of rwanda and the congo documenting the lives of these mysterious beasts for their special kingdom of the apes. they form alliances. they form bands along the same lines of political lines. and there is that desire to be the leader. reporter: here in the mountains of rwanda, the voting booth is replaced by natural selection. their fearless leader is titus, a 400-pound silverback. titus is an amazing gorilla. he held that family group together for more than 30 years, which is unheard of really in